Apple slashes iPhone prices

The iPhone, not worth as much as it was Did you rush out and buy an iPhone the moment they went on sale? Then there's a word for you: SUCKER. After rolling out a new line of iPods, including touchscreen models that do everything an iPhone does but make calls, Apple has dropped the price on the most expensive iPhone to $399, a 33-percent slashing. Of course, Apple's iPhone is competing with heavily subsidized cell-phone models, which rapidly drop in price after soaking the early adopters for everything they're worth. It should come as no surprise to the technically adept, gadget-lusting geeks who splashed out for an iPhone early on. We just hope that paying $200 for two months of insufferable smugness was worth it.

11:27 AM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Owen Thomas
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zerg at 11:58 AM on 09/05/07
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Right idea, wrong details: Your insufferable smugness was $200 for two months... (it was the 8GB iPhone reduced by $200, 4GB discontinued).
Acererak at 12:02 PM on 09/05/07
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So... will this make a refurb iphone only $300? 'cause if so, that's not that bad at all!
sample032 at 12:51 PM on 09/05/07
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It sounds like Apple is being very aggressive about getting into the cell phone market. Almost suicidally aggressive. Wasn't there a valleywag article on Steve Jobs acting like he's on a mission?
amuse at 01:53 PM on 09/05/07
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It was...
elvenjewel at 02:49 PM on 09/05/07
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Read here for the reactions of the Apple faithful. There's a rumor there that Apple is offering a $100 Apple store credit for early-adopters, but I have no idea if that's true or not.
elvenjewel at 03:02 PM on 09/05/07
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According to this thread, customers are receiving credits of up to $200. Apparently Apple has heard and responded.
Ladyz at 05:15 PM on 09/05/07
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Yup, ditto. I was a sucker and am fine paying the $200 levy for the insuffrable smugness. Given i am a laggard at buying everything else, it was indeed worth it. ;-)
elvenjewel at 05:29 PM on 09/05/07
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@Ladyz: Have you ever seen the South Park episode about hybrid-car owners? They bring about an epidemic of "smug" that nearly destroys the planet!

I love South Park. :)

Glad you're happy with your iPhone! :)
dpm at 10:09 AM on 09/06/07
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I take such glee in this, especially b/c I didn't buy one! =) Had to blog about it yesterday: [valleyvirgin.blogspot.com]
Davion at 10:30 PM on 09/07/07
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I used to feel a little bit bad about acting like such a smug jerk about my iPhone and using it to pick up women who I would bring home and f*ck in the ass and then never call again ("Of course I'll call you! I'll even call you ON THE iPHONE," I'd say to them, just before they started slobbering on my meatstick), but now I don't feel quite so bad.

Oh yes, it was worth it.